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She was surprised to hear a member of the clergy talk like that.clergy = formal religious leaders
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Under labor law, the clergy can be required to uphold the beliefs of the religion they have chosen.clergy = paid religious leaders
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Mark and Jim met the clergy at Gilford village. (source)clergy = formal religious leadership (in Christianity)
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She was looking clean as clergy. (source)clergy = religious leaders
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The Holy See worked hard to retain a veil of mystery, even for its highest clergy.† (source)
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If there had been a huge crowd yesterday, today's hearing had brought more people, including several clergy members and older people of color I'd never seen before.† (source)
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So unless circumstances of death or critical illness require you to travel to Paris this afternoon, and unless you can supply information establishing the critical emergency such as an affidavit with attending physician, clergy, or funeral director —† (source)
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You haven't mentioned the clergy, either.† (source)
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It was an old Anglican private school, established for the daughters of English clergy, property owners, and overseers.† (source)
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His special targets were Baby Kochamma's guests—Catholic bishops or visiting clergy—who often dropped by for a snack.† (source)
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Under NCAA rules I couldn't play there, but I was allowed to play at Timuquana Country Club, where my dad is a clergy member.† (source)
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Also attending the ceremony were Eric Calhoune, the victim of Virgil Bymes's attack; Sandy Calhoune, theboy's mother and a frequent columnist for this newspaper; Carver Milddleton, who served time on an assault charge against Virgil Byrnes in a related incident; the Reverend John Ellerby, controversial Episcopalian minister whose support of female clergy and full homosexual rights has frequently focused a spotlight on him in his 15-year stay at St. Mark's; and his son, Steve Ellerby, who describes himself as "a controversial Episcopalian preacher's kid."† (source)
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The minister he was assisting, he wrote, had turned the parish calling over to him: it was a wealthy congregation and large contributors expected frequent and unhurried visits from the clergy.† (source)
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And from then on they launched a series of drive-by shootings and bombings, usually directed at local officials and pro-government clergy.† (source)
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Not only were they eminently respectable, these were figures who held real influence in British life: politicians, diplomats, military men, clergy.† (source)
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Padre de Jesus and Brother Daniel had been down in the capital throughout July conferring with other clergy.† (source)
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